Good touch Bad touch – Teach children as early as Possible

A lot of people have opened up on social media about their sexual abuse experiences after Harvey Weinstein's scandal broke. While men and women continue to share their trau...

Melinda Gates: “It’s Time for Our Workspaces to Catch Up”

Melinda Gates: “It’s Time for Our Workspaces to Catch Up”

"American workforce has changed a lot. It’s now 47 percent female, and those women...

India Reduces Baby Deaths But Still Hasn’t Met 2012 Targets

Of 36 Indian states and Union territories (UTs), the lowest IMRs were reported from Goa and Manipur with nine infant deaths per 1,000 live births First, the good news: 37 b...

11 Health Innovations To Drastically Cut Maternal And Child Mortality Rates

Achieving the ambitious target to end maternal and child deaths, enshrined in the sustainable development goals (SDGs), will require ingenuity. The good news is that 11 hea...

Sisva In Gujarat Has An All Women Panchayat: They Are Delivering Results What Generations Have Failed

Sisva in Gujarat has an all women panchayat, led by 26 year old Hinal Patel. These girls are not only breaking stereotypes, but delivering results.  In a country, wher...

Bureaucracy Continues To Plague Indian Pubcaster Prasar Bharati

Today, most of the Doordarshan (DD) Kendras and AIR Stations are without Station Directors, which is the major cause for poor content and crash in TV audience of DD. The dy...

Earth Wins Time As Land And Seas Absorb More Carbon

Climate change has intensified more slowly than scientists had expected because the continents and oceans are absorbing more atmospheric carbon dioxide. Half of all the car...

Educating for Sustainable Development

PARIS ? This year marks a turning point for the world, with the international community adopting a new global development strategy in September and negotiating a universal ...

It is now possible to prevent cervical cancer in women by vaccination

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India, with approximately 1.32 lakh new cases of cervical cancer being diagnosed and about 74,000 death...